Big Brother house members make a deal

Editor’s note: For readers who don’t follow the Big Brother feeds online, this story contains spoilers and results that will be aired on Sunday’s episode on CBS.

UBLY — The showmance survived another week and the Big Brother competitor hailing from the small village of Ubly made a deal that could change the outcome of the game.

Thursday’s episode started with seven competitors. The two eviction nominees: Corey and Victor; and the remaining players: James, Natalie, Michelle, Paul and Ubly’s Nicole Franzel.

At the end of the day, an abundance of events and twists took place and the same seven competitors remain in the hunt for $500,000.

To kick things off, cameras followed Paul and Victor as the deadly duo used their sly tricks to try and fool houseguests into voting out Corey — Nicole’s showmance. Victor, who battled his way back into the house weeks ago, has been winning competitions left and right and the houseguests saw him and Paul as a threat in the finals.

Elsewhere in the show, viewers caught up with four of the nine jury members: Da’Vonne, Zakaiyah, Bridgette and Paulie. Once a player is evicted, they become a member of the jury. When the game gets to its final two houseguests, the jury votes for who they’d like to see win Big Brother. Jury members consider how a houseguest played the game, the number of wins they had in competitions and many other factors when picking a winner.

Back to the show, host Julie Chen greeted the players and prepared for eviction. To no surprise, Nicole voted to evict Victor and keep Corey safe and by her side. Paul casted his vote for Corey and James broke the tie and sent Victor packing — the second time this season.

But what would this season of Big Brother be without another added twist?

Moments after thinking he was heading home, Victor, along with the four jurors and remaining houseguests, were informed of a Jury Battle Back/Head of Household competition.

For this endurance competition, houseguests and jurors were all placed on a narrow board that was nailed to a moving wall. The last houseguest standing was named the new head of household. The last juror standing would move back into the house, however, if a juror beat all other houseguests, not only would they would return to the game, but they would be crowned head of household.

One-by-one, players began to fall off the board. Victor was able to hold on just a little bit longer than Paulie and claimed his spot back in the house, again. The final two houseguests battling for the head of household came down to Nicole and James.

The two went back and forth offering each other deals. Finally, Nicole was able to seal the deal and agreed to not put James or Natalie up for eviction this week. In exchange, James plummeted to the ground and Nicole won head of household.

This Sunday, viewers will see who the Ubly native selects to nominate for eviction. Also, the final America’s Care Package will be revealed. This week’s care package winner will receive $5,000 to bribe one houseguest. Bribes may influence voting, competitions, vetoes or nominations.